Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth

Running for this seat

• Filed with the election office: Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, October 30, 2026

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Background

Chicago alderperson, 48th Ward; small business owner

Elected 48th Ward alderperson in 2023, defeating Joe Dunne in a runoff to succeed Ald. Harry Osterman. Longtime Andersonville resident and owner of Chicago Dance Supply. Co-founded Indivisible Illinois, was director of operations for the Chicago edition of the 2016 Women's March and helped found the voter registration group ILVOTE.

Holds this office now.

Left–right placement

No published research score covers Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth yet, so we don't place them on the spectrum.

Links

• Campaign site

Sources

• chicago.gov/city/en/about/wards/48.html
• blockclubchicago.org/2023/05/08/how-leni-manaa-hoppenworth-channeled-a
• chicagopolitics.org/elections/2027/ward/48